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almost looked offended as he quirked an eyebrow. “And how can you be so sure?”
I tugged his beard. “Because then you’d be stuck with that colossal tattoo. Plus you’d have my father to deal with.”
“Jaysus.”
“How did you find me? I’m not sure what to believe since Wyatt’s story kept changing.”
“By late afternoon, I didn’t have a good feeling about your absence. We traced your boots to an open field. You could have tossed the bag yourself, but Wyatt pulled up a map of the area, and if someone had it in for you, the last stop would be the cemetery. Wyatt fancies himself a hero, but Gem was the one who blasted the hole.”
I blanched at the mental image. “And my mother?”
“Worry not, lass. Her grave is intact. I’ll stop there tomorrow night to be sure your grave was filled and headstone replaced. I wouldn’t want your da having a coronary at the sight of your open casket.”
I shuddered and continued my walk. “Were there any clues?”
Christian caught up. “Claude didn’t smell anything. Don’t trouble yourself thinking about it. We’ll find out who did it. Secrets never stay in the dark for long.”
I rubbed my forehead, wishing I could find a way to stop thinking about it.
“Do you want to take a drive? I know a diner with the most atrocious chili.”
I smiled as I opened my bedroom door. “That sounds good. I need to get out of here for a little while. Can we invite Switch?”
“If that’s what you desire.”
I crossed the room toward my desk. “He invited me to hang out a minute ago, and I said no. I think he gets lonely around here.”
Christian sighed as he followed behind me. “Perhaps the man needs a turtle.”
I chortled. “A turtle?”
“Aye. They make excellent companions and outlive most pets.”
I sat down at my desk with my package.
“What’s in the box?”
“I’m about to find out.”
Christian lit a candle and stood close as I cut the twine with a push dagger and peeled off the cardboard paper. I pulled open the flap and stared at a carefully packaged bottle inside. Thick crinkle paper protected it from all sides.
“Is that alcohol?” Christian set down the candle and peered inside the box.
I pulled out the pink bottle and noticed a black label on the front. “Love potion.”
“And here all this time I thought you just took a shine to my devilishly good looks.”
The box didn’t have a note or card, but it didn’t require much sleuthing to guess who had sent it. Houdini had briefly mentioned something about love potions during our conversation and suggested they were popular at one time.
“Who sent you that?” Christian asked, playing with a piece of the packaging.
I stood up and wrapped my arms around him. “Someone with a twisted sense of humor.”
“I don’t think it comes more twisted than mine,” he said against my lips.
We fell into a deep kiss that made me push up on my tiptoes. Maybe we could postpone dinner and eat in.
He rubbed his nose against mine. “You’re going to keep the potion?”
“I might need it if you ever work for Lenore again.”
“What’s in that bottle is filled with nothing but shite magic that fades.”
“Doesn’t all love fade?”
He swept me off my feet and looked deep into my eyes. I felt myself drowning in those tranquil pools of midnight, and butterflies tickled my stomach. “Worry not, lass. What I feel for you will never fade. You can’t bottle the magic between us. Now let me buy you an awful bowl of chili.”
“Only if you promise to treat me to apple pie à la mode afterward.”
He carried me to the door and stopped by the mirror. I caught our reflection, and for a moment, I entertained the idea of him as a groom, carrying me over a threshold. It put a smile on my face.
“What are you thinking about, lass?”
“I was just thinking how good I look in your arms.”
“Aye, we make a handsome couple, don’t we, Precious?”
“What are you thinking?”
He admired our reflection in the mirror. “I was just wondering if your da will ever take a shine to me.”
“Maybe when pigs fly.”
He opened the door and strolled down the hall. “Did you know that a zebra combined with any other equine is called a zebroid? And a lion crossbreeding with a tiger is called a liger.”
“Why are you smiling like that and telling me about zebras?”
“It won’t be long before they cross a pig with an eagle. There’s hope for me after all.”
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